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A five-year-old patient with sickle cell disease was admitted due to acute onset abdominal pain. The patient was diagnosed with splenic sequestration crisis and functional asplenia due to sickle ce...
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A 30-year-old patient, who is status post left anterior cruciate ligament repair with graft and meniscus root repair, presented for a follow up examination. An MRI was performed and bulky arthrofib...
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A patient presented to the hospital for surgical resection of an epidural lipomatosis at level L2-L3. What is the appropriate code assignment for an epidural lipomatosis at the L2-L3 region?
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A patient presents with acute kidney injury (AKI) likely secondary to hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) secondary to metastatic breast cancer to the liver. Would AKI and HRS be reported separately or is A...
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A patient is admitted for removal of recurrent parathyroid carcinoma from the left tracheoesophageal groove. The documentation indicates the laryngeal nerve was encased in the parathyroid mass. The...
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A patient was admitted with increased pain and bloody purulent drainage from the right leg following a previous gunshot wound (GSW) to the right popliteal fossa from an assault. The provider docume...
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A 16-year-old patient presents with an acute COVID-19 infection. The provider's final diagnostic statement lists, "Viral myocarditis due to acute COVID-19 infection." The patient has no significant...
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A patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus, a history of venous insufficiency and venous stasis dermatitis was admitted with a venous stasis ulcer with cellulitis and edema of the left lower leg. Is i...
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A patient with advanced-stage right ovarian carcinoma and peritoneal metastasis required chemotherapy desensitization. The patient is status post nine cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy; however, the ...
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A patient with cricopharyngeal muscle dysfunction reported continued upper esophageal spasms after eating. The patient also experienced regurgitation of food without any functional limitations in t...
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